• Song:

    The Big Sleep

  • Artist:

    Streetlight Manifesto

  • Album:

    Everything Goes Numb

The Big Sleep
Streetlight Manifesto

Intro - These are not the notes played in the intro but these are the chords that would 
played behind the notes. If you pluck the right strings on these chords you will be 
the intro though.

C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C G (320003@1) CGAm (x32010@1)Em (022000@1)name="chord_133211@1">F G (320003@1)Verse - I like to arpegiate these chords like Tom does live, it sounds really good

C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)              AmWhy (x02210@1)do you cry when you know how the story ends?

F (133211@1)              C (x32010@1)                GHow (320003@1)can you laugh when you know that it hurts your friends?

C (x32010@1)                    G (320003@1)                AmWe've (x02210@1)all been there once, but you never left

F (133211@1)               C (x32010@1)                 GThis (320003@1)is me coming back to get you out to say goodbye, to make amends

C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)         Am (x02210@1)     EmI'm (022000@1)not leaving this place

F (133211@1)                          G (320003@1)   Unless I'm leaving with you

C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)                AmCause (x02210@1)you're the only person with a half decent heart here

       F (133211@1)           C (x32010@1)       GAnd (320003@1)I know you will put it to use

           C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)    AmUntil (x02210@1)it's gone, gone, gone

F (133211@1)    C (x32010@1)   GGone, (320003@1)gone, gone

C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)   Am (x02210@1)  Em (022000@1)  F (133211@1)   GGone, (320003@1)gone, gone, gone, gone, yeah

Prechorus - Power Chords

CNa, (x32010@1)na, na, na, na, na

GNa, (320003@1)na, na, na, na, na, na

Am (x02210@1)                FNa, (133211@1)na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na

CNa, (x32010@1)na, na, na, na, na

GNa, (320003@1)na, na, na, na, na, na

Am (x02210@1)                FNa, (133211@1)na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na

Chorus

C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)       AmWhen (x02210@1)as you close your eyes for the big sleep

FI (133211@1)hope you think of me, yeah

CNa, (x32010@1)na, na, na, na, na

GNa, (320003@1)na, na, na, na, na, na

Am (x02210@1)                FNa, (133211@1)na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na

Verse

C (x32010@1)            GAnd (320003@1)if you go, I'll be gone

Am (x02210@1)               F (133211@1)           C (x32010@1)        GAnd (320003@1)you'll be left alone to live your life, as you please

Am (x02210@1)        F (133211@1)          C (x32010@1)               GBut (320003@1)someday you'll agree that I was always meant for you

Am (x02210@1)            F (133211@1)              C (x32010@1)          GYou (320003@1)were always meant for me and you will see

C (x32010@1)   Am (x02210@1)   F (133211@1)     Gthat (320003@1)you're impossible

C (x32010@1)  Am (x02210@1)  F (133211@1)    GYou're (320003@1)impossible

C (x32010@1)  Am (x02210@1)  F (133211@1)    GYou're (320003@1)impossible

C (x32010@1)  Am (x02210@1)  F (133211@1)    GYou're (320003@1)impossible

Horn Riff

C (x32010@1)     Am (x02210@1)      F (133211@1)      G (320003@1)Verse

C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)         AmMe (x02210@1)and Mr. Dylan on the ride home

F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)            GWe (320003@1)had a heart-to-heart about life

C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)        Am (x02210@1)      EmBut (022000@1)neither him or me could decide for ourselves

F (133211@1)             GIf (320003@1)we wanted to outlive that night

C (x32010@1)                      G (320003@1)                AmLike (x02210@1)two children on the playground of the unconfessed souls

F (133211@1)              C (x32010@1)             GAbandoned (320003@1)by our mothers and our lovers and our foes

C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)             Am (x02210@1)            EmIf (022000@1)only we were brave enough to live the lives we stole

F (133211@1)                    GWhat (320003@1)a wonderful world this could be!

Segway

C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)     Am (x02210@1)F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)      Am (x02210@1)     Em (022000@1)F (133211@1)     G (320003@1)Prechorus

CNa, (x32010@1)na, na, na, na, na

GNa, (320003@1)na, na, na, na, na, na

Am (x02210@1)                FNa, (133211@1)na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na

CNa, (x32010@1)na, na, na, na, na

GNa, (320003@1)na, na, na, na, na, na

Am (x02210@1)                FNa, (133211@1)na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na

Chorus

C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)       AmWhen (x02210@1)as you close your eyes for the big sleep

FI (133211@1)hope you think of me, yeah

CNa, (x32010@1)na, na, na, na, na

GNa, (320003@1)na, na, na, na, na, na

Am (x02210@1)                FNa, (133211@1)na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na

Verse

C (x32010@1)            GAnd (320003@1)if you go, I'll be gone

Am (x02210@1)               F (133211@1)           C (x32010@1)        GAnd (320003@1)you'll be left alone to live your life, as you please

Am (x02210@1)        F (133211@1)          C (x32010@1)               GBut (320003@1)someday you'll agree that I was always meant for you

Am (x02210@1)            F (133211@1)              C (x32010@1)          GYou (320003@1)were always meant for me and you will see

C (x32010@1)  Am (x02210@1)    F (133211@1)    Gthat (320003@1)you're impossible

C (x32010@1)  Am (x02210@1)  F (133211@1)    GYou're (320003@1)impossible

C (x32010@1)  Am (x02210@1)  F (133211@1)    GYou're (320003@1)impossible

C (x32010@1)  Am (x02210@1)  F (133211@1)    GYou're (320003@1)impossible

Verse

  C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)        AmSo, (x02210@1)how many more examples until we break?

   F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1)          GSo (320003@1)how many sacrifices must we make?

C (x32010@1)                          GBecause (320003@1)we've all been there once before

Am (x02210@1)                     EmAnd (022000@1)it looks like we've returned once more

F (133211@1)                      GSo (320003@1)is this the beginning or the end?

C (x32010@1)                   GThe (320003@1)last two soldiers on the battlefield

AmSurvivors (x02210@1)of the war

F (133211@1)                     C (x32010@1)                 GThey (320003@1)aim at one another while their mothers beg the lord

            C (x32010@1)           G"If (320003@1)you're listening, I'm missing him

    Am (x02210@1)             EmSo (022000@1)somehow bring him home.

F (133211@1)                 GHow (320003@1)did it come to this?"

C (x32010@1)                          GSo (320003@1)the soldiers lift their rifles

AmAnd (x02210@1)they're aiming at the head

F (133211@1)                         C (x32010@1)             GThey (320003@1)think of their first love before they take their final breath

C (x32010@1)                   G (320003@1)                Am (x02210@1)              EmAnd (022000@1)somewhere in the distance they hear something someone said:

F (133211@1)                  G"How (320003@1)did it come to this?"

Horn Segway - Power Chords

F (133211@1)   E (022100@1)   F (133211@1)C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)   A (x02220@1)  F (133211@1)C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)   A (x02220@1)  F (133211@1)
Outro Chorus

C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)       AmWhen (x02210@1)as you close your eyes for the big sleep

FI (133211@1)hope you think of me, yeah

F (133211@1)   Em (022000@1)   F (133211@1)F (133211@1)   Em (022000@1)   F (133211@1)F (133211@1)   Em (022000@1)   F (133211@1)CNa, (x32010@1)na, na, na, na, na

GNa, (320003@1)na, na, na, na, na, na

Am (x02210@1)                FNa, (133211@1)na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na

C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)       AmWhen (x02210@1)as you close your eyes for the big sleep

FI (133211@1)hope you think of me, yeah

CNa, (x32010@1)na, na, na, na, na

GNa, (320003@1)na, na, na, na, na, na

Am (x02210@1)                FNa, (133211@1)na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na

F (133211@1) Em (022000@1)  F (133211@1)F (133211@1) Em (022000@1)  F (133211@1)F (133211@1) Em (022000@1)  F (133211@1)C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1)   C (x32010@1)
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